…and he knew that he was dead in the water.

Mark another one up for the good guys!

http://neoavatara.com/blog/?p=9573

But as Erick has done a good job pointing out, this is Delaware. Castle is about as conservative as they’re going to elect to a federal office. He’s probably the next Snowe, Collins and Brown (yes, Brown is not DeMint folks) but again, this is Delaware. We need to make sure we balance out guys like him (and possibly Kirk this cycle) by electing solid conservatives in states where solid conservatives can and should win.

That’s why need to get Bennett tossed from Utah and bring in Rubio from my adopted home state of Florida!

than to not elect the seat’s heir apparent, the Vice President’s son. It seems that Beau is a little smarter than Joe, not that that’s saying much.

I always saw Beau as a potential future star for them and a tough opponent if he ran

Apparently he already is proving to be smarter than his dad and most of his party by seeing the writing on the wall

If the price we pay for stealing Obama, Biden and Teddy’s seats is to have squishy moderates like Kirk, Castle and Scott Brown, then I for one will take that for the time being– if for nothing else than the embarrassment it will cause the koolaid drinkers

The amount of retirements and formidable Democrats not running this election cycle has a lot to with Brown winning.

I actually think the Brown victory finally drove into Democrats thick skull that there in trouble. I thought winning Virginia and New Jersey would have done it, but unfortunately they seemed to have bought the spin about us “losing” NY-23.

Retirements and poor recruiting can make a HUGE difference in the balance of power. And as more retire, more get spooked, more quality Republicans throw their hat in the ring, etc.

… this could get a whole lot bloodier fast.

I figured Castle would beat Biden but that Beau would at least be a formidable challenger and winning the seat would chew up some of the NRSCs resources. Now Castle ought to win in a walk. With ND and DE being easy pickups instead of the dogfights they could have been we can focus on more marginal races.

As much as I would LOVE to watch a Babs Boxer concession speech I’ve personally always been cool on the idea of running a campaign in California just because a serious effort in that state will require a huge commitment of resources. At the rate the Democrats are dropping though California might be one of the only hotly contested races left by the fall.

Now if you’ll excuse me I need to make a quick run to the champagne store.